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Top Republicans and Democrats on the House and Senate Intelligence Committee have all said they have seen no evidence. Another government source, who also requested anonymity when discussing sensitive information, said an initial examination of the material turned over by the Justice Department indicates that it contains no evidence to confirm Trump's claims that the Obama administration had wiretapped him or the Trump Tower in NY. (more...)

There was also the ethical issue of taking the support of the National People's Party (NPP) and Naga People's Front, the two parties BJP leaders had assured repeatedly during the campaign the party would have no truck with. Rane added that even when the local parties had extended support to Congress on minor conditions, the party took more than enough time to take the decision. (more...)

Maryland Public Television would lose about $3 million under the budget cuts proposed by the Trump administration, the state network said . These stations only continue to operate due to funding from the federal government. Patrick Leahy, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Peter Welch - have all voiced support for continuing to fund the CPB. WVPB is planning to lay off 15 staffers, more than 20 percent of its staff, Current reported this month . (more...)

In the Fox report - which came nearly two weeks later - Andrew Napolitano claimed that "three intelligence sources have informed Fox News that President Obama went outside the chain of command" to order the tap. The president's allegations are expected to dominate a March 20 House Intelligence Committee hearing with Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey and National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers. (more...)

An editorial today in Der Spiegel suggested that the refugee crisis "prevents honest dealings with Turkey". "They thought Tayyip Erdogan would go to Germany". 'We can't continue to negotiate about membership with a country that has been steadily distancing itself for years, during ongoing access talks, from democratic standards and principles of the rule of law'. (more...)

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Friday said US strategic patience with North Korea has ended. "North Korea is behaving very badly ". Trump said on Twitter . USA ally Japan launched a new spy satellite yesterday, partly to keep an eye on North Korea, which fired four ballistic missiles on March 6. The secretary offered the comment while visiting the demilitarized zone along the North Korean border. (more...)

A Japanese foreign ministry official said US officials had discussed potential new approaches regarding North Korea, but he declined to elaborate. The US secretary of state has said that military action against North Korea is "an option". (more...)

For decades, secretaries of state have almost always invited media to travel with them. "China has done little to help!" "I think this is a chance for him to have a lot of substantive, hard discussions with our allies and partners in the region about possible next steps, again recognizing that the threat of North Korea, frankly, is only growing stronger", Toner said. (more...)

The State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development will still face cuts under the budget expected later this week, according to the news outlet. In rare cases, particularly late in a secretary's tenure, some news outlets have declined, such as former Secretary John Kerry's December 2016 trip to Saudi Arabia. (more...)

GCHQ said the claim was "nonsense" and should be ignored. Self-driving cars have some way to go before they can do away with the need for a human standing by to intervene, if data from Uber is anything to go by. British Prime Minister Theresa May's spokesman reiterated the GCHQ agency's denial of a Fox News report - which had been repeated by the USA president's spokesman on Thursday - and said the claims "should be ignored". (more...)

Last year, the North conducted two nuclear test explosions and 24 ballistic missile tests. The Guardian notes China may be anxious that if Kim Jong-un's regime is weakened, it could bring a flood of refugees and cause the USA and South Korea to increase troops on the China-North Korea border. (more...)

The US and the countries on Tillerson's itinerary are trying to find ways to convince the regime led by North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un to stop firing missiles and pursuing development of nuclear weapons, reported the newspaper. Yanmei Xie, a foreign policy expert at Gavekal Dragonomics in Beijing , said Tillerson had "a dearth of good choices" when it came to putting more pressure on Pyongyang. (more...)

The rattling of sabers - and especially the deployment of the THAAD anti-ballistic missile system - is obviously created to let Beijing know that the United States sees the options coming down to someone taking action, and a hint that China might prefer to handle it themselves rather than have American and Japanese troops on their doorstep taking care of business instead. (more...)

Discussing potential military action, Tillerson said that while the USA would prefer to avoid an armed conflict, "If they elevate the threat of their weapons program to a level that we believe requires action, then that option's on the table". (more...)

Bardes had been assisting two Florida Highway Patrol troopers with a traffic crash on I-75 when he observed a gray Toyota Camry driving by at a " high rate of speed ", according to the police report. Russell's third shot hit Strother in the neck and was presumed to be the fatal shot. Strother later died at the hospital. Later in the video, Russell can is seen walking away and dropping his gun. (more...)

Eichenwald said in court documents that the animation triggered a seizure. On Dec. 15, @jew_goldstein, apparently reacting to the tweets featured on Tucker Carlson Tonight , wrote, "YOU DESERVE A SEIZURE FOR YOUR POSTS". The journalist, who is also a contributor to Vanity Fair and MSNBC, celebrated the arrest on Twitter Friday morning and thanked all parties involved in seeing the case through. (more...)

It is not yet clear, however whether Trump and Tillerson have significant policy differences or if he can defend his department against some of Trump's closest aides such as Steve Bannon who want to dismantle parts of the federal government and limit USA engagement with the world, said three of the current and former officials. (more...)

Authorities told Le Journal de Montreal that at least one person died in the incident. There was reportedly one pilot in each plane, neither of which were carrying passengers. He saw pieces of the plane fall out of sky. "I saw the plane spinning as it fell", he said. "There was just shredded metal", he said, referring to the wreckage. (more...)

But the accord is now hanging in the balance due to the diplomatic crisis over the blocking of Turkish ministers from holding rallies in Europe. Anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders may have fallen short in this week's election in the Netherlands, but his views were shared by all the Dutch parties and are pushing Europe towards "wars of religion", Turkey's foreign minister said on Thursday. (more...)

How did the Turks react? "These are Dutch citizens", Rutte insisted, adding that like Turkey "The Netherlands is a proud country". "It would be disappointing if we could no longer rely on the Turkish prime minister's word", Gabriel said. (more...)